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Delhi govt decides to import 18 Oxygen tankers from Bangkok, says Arvind Kejriwal

This comes a day after Delhi reported 20, 201 positive case and 380 deaths on Monday.

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that Delhi  govt has decided to import 18 tankers (Oxygen) from Bangkok.

He said that the tankers will start arriving from tomorrow.

“We’ve requested Centre to allow use of Air Force planes for this. Talks are on, I’m very hopeful that talks will be successful. This will resolve the issue of transport,” said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

“We are importing 21 ready-to-use Oxygen plants from France. They can be brought to use immediately. These will be installed at different hospitals and this will help us in resolving Oxygen crisis in those hospitals,” he said.

“I’d written to many industrialists of the country in last 4-5 days. I’d also written to CMs & sought help. We are receiving tremendous support, we have received offers from many people. Many of them are helping. I thank everyone who is helping Delhi Govt.”

“We’re going to set up 44 Oxygen Plants in Delhi within the next one month – 8 of these are being installed by Centre. The remaining 36 are being installed by Delhi Govt, 21 plants coming from France & 15 plants from within the country itself,” said CM Arvind Kejriwal.

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This comes a day after Delhi reported 20, 201 positive case and 380 deaths on Monday.

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